Despite the new online video game stores, Valve has set a record in user. On February 9, 2020, Steam had 19.107.803 people connected, and more than 6 million playing. This is a number of players that Valve has never had simultaneously.
CS:GO has also broken records for concurrent players. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reached 901.681 players, surpassing the previous record of 854.801 players set in August 2012. CS:GO has seen a steady increase in players since Valve made it completely free-to-play.
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Many people may come to think that by not anticipating that number of players, Valve would not have prepared its servers. But luckily there have been no problems related to the saturation of the servers. There were no problems with the platform itself, nor with the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive server.
This is good news for all fans of the competitive arena. Since they are breaking player records, it means that it will be easier to maintain existing tournaments, or create new ones. This can also cause existing prizes in competitive tournaments to increase.
This large number of people simultaneously playing CS: GO has not been much expected. This is because they have not added anything new that could cause an increase in players. Surely this amount of people is due to the popularity that Youtubers and Streamers are giving it.
If it weren't for the YouTubers and Streamers keeping the CS: GO community alive, I might have already bitten. Although it is said that the rest of Counters Strikes have died, it must be recognized that they still have a good number of constant players. Unlike most games from those years.
Source: VG24/7
